Battle of the Bay 2.0: Oakland Ballers, San Jose Giants set to create new regional baseball rivalry

The San Jose Giants and the Oakland Ballers are starting a new Bay Area baseball rivalry in April when the minor league teams meet in San Jose.
Tue, Mar 25
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Lou Trivino, out of MLB since 2022, earns SF Giants’ final bullpen spot
Trivino, 33, has a 3.86 ERA over 285 career appearances but had Tommy John surgery in 2023.
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Family business: How Zack Minasian ascended to role of SF Giants’ GM
Minasian and his brother, Perry, are the first siblings to simultaneously hold the GM role.
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Highlights of SF Giants’ 2025 schedule: Adames and Verlander’s homecomings, Snell’s return to Oracle Park, Fourth of July in Sacramento
The Giants open the season Thursday in Cincinnati, but here are some other key series to watch out for this season.
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Tigers’ Tarik Skubal marvels at Robbie Ray throwing pitch he taught him
The 2024 AL Cy Young winner showed Ray his changeup and then watched him use it on the Tigers on Monday.
Mon, Mar 24
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Landen Roupp, Hayden Birdsong both make SF Giants roster — but only one in the rotation
Giants manager Bob Melvin named Roupp the winner of the three-man competition for the fifth spot in the starting rotation.
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‘He wants to win’: SF Giants’ Chapman embracing leadership role in San Francisco
In his first season with the team, Chapman slugged 27 homers, stole a career-high 15 bases, posted a .790 OPS and won the fifth Gold Glove of his career.
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Baseball’s ‘new’ stats that matter: WAR? OPS+ FIP? An introductory guide to the world of sabermetrics
here have never been more publicly-available statistics in the history of recorded baseball.
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Kurtenbach: The Posey Way works in ways we can’t understand. But will it win games?
Experience in running a baseball team?